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De Blasio Wants Lower 9/11 Museum Ticket Price

A visitor peeks in the front windows of the new National September 11 Memorial Museum in Manhattan in September.

Kevin Hagen for The Wall Street Journal

By Michael Howard Saul and Jennifer Maloney

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday he hoped the admission price for the National September 11 Memorial Museum – set this week at $24 – will be lowered and he called on the federal government to provide significant funding.

“We deserve substantial federal funding for this museum, and I don’t think we’re getting what we deserve,” Mr. de Blasio said at a City Hall news conference.

On Thursday, the memorial’s board of trustees approved the $24 ticket price as part of a $63 million operating budget and financial plan to keep the memorial and museum running in the absence of government support. The memorial currently does not receive any government funding, but officials are renewing a push for money in Congress. The museum is scheduled to open in mid-May.